Is this still causing problems? I expect not and this can be closed now, but I'd be interested to know if people are still having this issue.
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Changed in: compiz Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: unity Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302302 Title: [regression] Unity now only starts in software rendering mode (i965 Mesa driver can't load) Status in Compiz: Incomplete Status in Unity: Incomplete Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After updating today Unity only starts in software rendering mode. I can tell because: 1. There's no dash blur. 2. Graphics performance is slow. 3. .xsession-errors says: libGL error: failed to open drm device: Permission denied libGL error: failed to load driver: i965 4. compiz is linked to the software driver: $ pmap `pidof compiz` | grep dri 00007f9a1e386000 3256K r-x-- swrast_dri.so 00007f9a1e6b4000 2048K ----- swrast_dri.so 00007f9a1e8b4000 60K r---- swrast_dri.so 00007f9a1e8c3000 32K rw--- swrast_dri.so ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140403-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-22.44-generic 3.13.8 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-22-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.1: ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Apr 4 10:46:53 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 0b) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:220c] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-03 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140331) MachineType: LENOVO 20AQCTO1WW ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-22-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=a759a4aa-6f67-434e-8f5a-eae13c810c59 ro acpi_backlight=vendor quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/10/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: GJET67WW (2.17 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20AQCTO1WW dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 0B98401 PRO dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGJET67WW(2.17):bd12/10/2013:svnLENOVO:pn20AQCTO1WW:pvrThinkPadT440s:rvnLENOVO:rn20AQCTO1WW:rvr0B98401PRO:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 20AQCTO1WW dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T440s dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140328-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Fri Apr 4 10:46:12 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 1034 vendor LGD xserver.version: 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1302302/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp